Support for neckties.



FATENTED MAY 5. 1908.

N. D. NELSON. SUPPORT FOR NEGKTIES. APPLICATION FILED 0GT.23,.1907.

ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. i

- NILS D. NELSON, or NEW YDRK, N. Y.

SUPPORT FOR NEc 'i'ms To all whom it may concern:

'ect of Great Britain, and resident of New iYork city, in' the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Supports for Neckties, of which the following is a specification.

, to unknot the tie'when removing it from the support and to thread a" tie through the sup-' port in applying the same thereto. This made it necessary for a man to have as many supports as ties or if he only had one support to untie the tie in relieving it from the'support each time a fresh tie was to be worn and to tie or knot the fresh tie upon said support.

- The object of my invention is to provide a support from which a tie may be removed and to which it may be returnedwithout untying and retying thesame, whereby a man possessing a number of ties Inay' knot or tie all of them and in that condition apply them to and remove will.

The invention renders it unnecessary to unknot a tie each time it is to be removed from its support or to re-kn ot a tie each time it is to be applied to a support, and thereby much time is saved in dressing and the ties rendered more lasting. In addition one support becomes sufficient for any number of ties all left tied ready for use and for immediate application to the support.

My invention-consists in the novel tie-support hereinafter described and, claimed and will be fully understood from the detailed description hereinafter presented, referencead to the accompanying drawings, in

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Figure 1 is a front elevation of a tie-support constructed in accordance with and em o odying the invention, tl1e said support being shown in its reversed position or upsidedown; Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same,

the su port being shown in its reversed position w th'a knotted tie applied thereto; Fig.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed October 23, 1907. Serial No. 398,702.

Be it known that I, NrLs D. NELSON, a subbeing stamped from apiece of sheet metar v v a The modification in the-method ofappl q 5 in:

them from a single support at Patented llay 5,

2 illustrates the first stepfolldwedj in apply- 1 v ingaknotted tie'to the support; Fig. 53 is a front elevation showing 'the supportjand, tie

in their final position and relation to eachother ready tobe a lied to'la collar, Fig.3 corres ending with '1 Z'with the exce" tion 2 that t e support is .s own'ias having eenturned backwardly and downwardly from the osition in whiclr it is illustrated Fig.

2, w ereby the middle ofthe band portion of I 3 the tie is caused to conceal the central por-.

ort and'theknot of the tie is tion ofi the su drawn-lupwar y into proper position for use I i Fig. 4 s a view COI'I'GSPQIld-lll {with Fig". 2'," but illustrating the tie in the st step of its' application to the support fa modified method of securing the tie thereto; Fig. 5 is a front view of the same-and illustrates the support as having beenturned' backwardly and downwardly into its final position f orffi use; Fig. 6 is a central vertical section through the support on the dotted line 6-6 of-Fig."1,-' and Fig. 7 is a front elevation of the s n port shown as formed from arod-ofwirefiii heebf M 'ing the tie to the su port represente a f T.

Figsee' and Sis inten ed foruse withturndowncollars having a very narrow front o ening insufficient -t e tie shown in Fig. 3.

elongated frame having vertical end-'- nem-' In i d g 0 designates thetiesup ort as a whole, and 11 the knotted;til T esupport 10 comprises a horiz 93;"

'bers 12 recessed at their outer 'edges, asat 14, and connected, preferably 'at their'lovver portions, by a transverse'member' 15' iromf' which, in the operative'positionof'jvthe 'su jport, depends a member 16' containing a be e 17 to engage a-collar-butt'onw The -.central" p dge of the transverse. member 1.5 is 3 prfemblypointed p yfand bent forwardly to.c'reate a prongx18:-adapted-to en-- gage the middle portion of the band-part'19 of the tie and hold thesame'in position toj J conceal said member 15, as shown in Fig.3.

The support 10 will preferably beformed. from an integral piece of sheet'metal, -asshown in Fig.' 1, but it may be formed by bending a rod of wire into the outline de finedby the sheet metal support, as shown in Fig. 7. I I

The button-hole 'fi in the nornially 11a":

pending member 16, is of an outline adaptingpassing edgewise through said hole.

button-hole17 as narrow in vertical width as.

possible and inorder to facilitate the application of a rigid ooilar-bfittOn head to said hole 17 I form in the member 16 a vertical groove or recess 20 extending downwardly from the lower edge of the button-holeto the loweredge of th e said member 16, this recess 20 being senn-clrcular in outline. A collarbutton whose rigid head could not be ushed direotlythrough the hole 17 may, y the presence of the recess 20, have its head passed through said hole, the sup ort being first turned horizontally and a p ed to the lower side of the button withlt e groove or recess 20 on and receiving the shank of the latter and the lower edge of the button-head I entering the hole 17, and then turned upwardly against the collar, the hole 17 bein thus passed on a 'tilting'or transverse axia line over the button-head and the latter The main and most'desirable features of the support lO-comprise the end members 12 which are recessed at their outer edges, the

' the latter in-reverse position and'with its 7 member 15 connecting said'end members at their engage the collar-button.

The method of a plying a tie to the support 10 is illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3. All of the ties intended for useon the support 10 may be knotted, as shown in Fig.' 2 and laid away for use as occasion may require. When itis desired to apply a tie to the support 10,

rear side to the front is inserted within the band portion 19 of the tie in the manner shown in Fig. 2, and thereafter the person will hold the band portion handling the; tie

19 against the prong 18 and turn the support 10 backwardlyand downwardly to the position shown in Fig. 3,, the tie and support bemg thenready for use or to Heapplied to the collar, the en'dportions of the support being placed-below the front folds of the collar and ---the button-hole 17 being applied upon the collar button. The tie and support arranged-in themanner shown in Fig. 3 present a very neat and attractive ap earance and no ortionof the support in be exposed in t e opening at the front of a collar. The

turning rearwardly and downwardly of =theposition shown 1n Fig. 2

support 10 from the to t at illustrated in ig. 3 results in the knot of the tie being drawn upwardly-to the lower portion of the transverse member 15,. and

' over the buttomholemember 16- and in' the band portionof the'tie concealingall of the able head s portions extend outwar lower portions and means extending. from. the central portion of the member- 15 to asaaee sup ort except the upper and lower portions of t e ends the same.

The ends 12 at their u per and lower edge (ily in line with the general support, as shownin Fig. '1, whereby the externa recesses 14, closed at their up er and lower ends, are formed and the ham of the tie is prevented from slipping oif from said ends 12both during the reversal of the support in the application of the tie thereto and the use of said support and tie. The

ends 12 extend at substantially right angles to the transverse member 15 and said mem ber 15 is substantially horizontal, and this construction enables me to extend the band of the tie along the outer or ends 12 and said member 15, those portions of the band more directly supporting the ot coming around the facing edges of the ends 12- from the rear sides of the latter.

One of the main objects of the present invention is to enable the application of the tie to and its removal from the support 1 0 without at the time knotting or'unknotting the same, a

tie once having been-knotted being adapted in that condition to be applied to or removed from the support 10 as frequently as may be desired. Fig. 2 illustrates the first stepin the appli-' cation of the support 10 to a knotted tie, and Fig. 3 represents the final relation of the parts when the tie is ready for use. When it is desired .to remove the tie from the sup "ort '10, the latter is turned upwardly an frontwardly until it reaches the position illustrated in Fig. 2 and then first one'end and then the other of the support may be readily slipped from the "band 19, there being sufiicient freedom in the. band to permit of the support being removed from the same with out'untying the knot.

In Figs. 4 and 5 I illustrate a modified method of a plying the tie to the support for use with co ars having a very narrow front opening, and in carrying out this method the loop in the band of the tie is made much smaller than the loop shown in Figs. 2 and 3 and inserted over the member 16 of the support with the latterin reversed position and the knot of the tie facing frontwardly and hanging downwardly from the then frontwardly-facing rear side of the support, as shown in Fi 4; and thereafter the person applyingthe he will press the middle of the band 19 downwardly 'over the then lower edge of the member 15, after which'the sup- .port will be turned rearwardly and down- 'wardly to the position shown in Fig. 5 to draw the knot the tie up over the then depending member 16 and causethe band 19 to conceal the middle portion of the member 15, said band at such time bein caught on theprong 18 and lapping inwardly over the same. 7 In the use of the support '10 in the manner shown in; Figs. 4 and 5, the end front side of said I, from the support at is adaptedfor u'sewith any-number'of ties members '12 be concealed'behind the front folds of the collarand operate to keep the support in proper position.

In both uses of the su port 10 theknotted ties may be quickly ed to and removed and theone support and also with collars having a-narro'wf-ront opening as well as with collarshaving a wide front opening. The hole 17 adapts the sup portto receive the usual collar buttons, t e groove or recess 20. permitting of the insertion of a rigid button-head through the com paratively narrow hole 17, in the manner erei'nbefore described. I desire the hole17 to be as narrow in vertical width as ractical, and to facilitate the'passa e throug the hole of this character, of rigid utton-heads I not only provide the groove or recess '0 inthe sideof the member 16.. but form the hole on oneside with a flat recessi21 of the widthof thebutton-headand on its opposite side with curved recesses '22 to accommodate the curvature of said head during the movement ofthe hole over the same.

What I- claim as. my invention and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is:

their upper and loweredges extend out-' wardly to close the upper-and lower ends of 1. A neck-tie support comprising a horizontally elongated/frame having end ortions which are externally recessed an at the recesses, a transverse member connecting said end portions, and means to engagea'collar button, said'transverse member at its-upper edge having means to engage the inner surface of .a re'arwardly lapped-over portion of the upper edge of the band of the tie while the mam body of said band extends along the outer surface of said transverse member; substantially as set forth. A

2. A neck tie support comprising a horizontally elongated frame having a transverse member which is substantially horizontal, end members which stand at substantially right angles to said transverse member and are externally recessed, and means to engage a collar-button, said end members at their.

upper and lower ends being extended out wardly to close the upper and lower ends of the external recesses; substantially as set forth.

3. A neck-tie support eomprising a horizontally elongated frame having a transverse member which is substantially. horizontal,

end members which stand at substantially right angles to said transverse member and are-externally recessed, and a central member extending downwardly from said transverse member and containing an opening below the same adapted to engage a collar-button; substantially as set forth. a 4:. A neck-tie support comprising-a horrzontall elon ated' framefhaving externally recessed ends to receive the band portion of thetie, a transverse member connecting said ends and a central member -depending from said transverse member and containing an opening to' engage acollar-button, and a groove leading downwardly, from said opening to. facilitate the entrance of a button thereto; substantially as set forth.

5. Aneck-tie support comprising a hori zontally elongatedframe having a. transverse member which substantially horizontal,

end members which stand at substantially ,right angles to said transverse member and are externally recessed, and a central member extending downwardly from said transverse member and containing an opemng be- 'low the same adapted to engage a collar-button, said transverse 'member at its upper edge having means to engage the inner surface of a rearwardly lapped-over portion of the upper edge of the-band of the tie while the main body ofsaid band extends along the outer surface of said transverse member; substantially as set-forth.

6. A neck-tie support comprising a hori-,

zontally elongated frame having externally recessed ends to receive the band portionof the tie, a transverse member connecting said ends at their lower portions and means to engage a collar-button, said transverse member having a prong to engage the'band portion of the tie for holding said portion in position to "conceal said member; substantially as set zontally elongated frame having a transverse member, vertically'extended end memhas and means for engaging a collar-button, said transverse member having at the central portion of its upper edge a pointed prong.

rearwardly lapped-over portion of the upper edge of the band of the t1e,'whereby the cen- .tral portion of said band is enabled to con ceal the central "portion of said transverse member. and said forth. I 4

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York, and State of New York, this 21st day of October A. D. 1907.

. I runs 1). NELSON, Witnesses:

' ARTHUR MARION.

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prong; substantially as set' 18 to firmly engage the 1nner surface of a 

